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Podcast: Let’s Get Real with Stephen Jones
Episode: Marcus Martins | First Black Missionary After the 1978 Revelation - E0037
Description: Dr. Marcus Martins made history as the first Black missionary to serve after the 1978 revelation that extended the priesthood to all worthy male members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But that’s not what he wants to be known for.
In this conversation, Dr. Martins opens up about something far more personal and powerful: his quiet, steady choice to follow Christ, even when some questions didn’t have answers.
He didn’t stay in the Church because he ignored the hard things. He stayed because he saw something true—something deep—in the res...